Putting Up Numbers· college football

Georgia State’s points of margin with Cameran Brown and without Cameran Brown

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Georgia State was 2.5 points under with Cameran Brown and 0.8 points under without Cameran Brown over its last 25 games, 9 games against 9. The plain averages are -2.6 and -13.3, a difference of 10.7.

Cameran Brown, quarterback: 2,652 passing yards, 351 pass attempts and 230 completions in 17 of those 25 games.

points of margin a game over expected

A −1.7 difference in points of margin over expected with Cameran Brown vs without Cameran Brown is about what you’d expect.

A +10.7 difference in points of margin with Cameran Brown vs without Cameran Brown is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Georgia State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Cameran Brown or without Cameran Brown
SideDateGameResultpoints of marginExpected
Nov 1, 2024@UConnL-7-11.3
Nov 9, 2024@James MadisonL-31-13.7
Nov 16, 2024vsArkansas StateL-75.0
Nov 23, 2024@Texas StateW8-21.7
Nov 30, 2024vsCoastal CarolinaL-214.3
Aug 30, 2025@Ole MissL-56-38.9
Sep 6, 2025vsMemphisL-22-19.1
Sep 13, 2025vsMMurray StateW16—
Sep 20, 2025@VanderbiltL-49-39.6
Oct 4, 2025vsJames MadisonL-7-32.0
Oct 11, 2025vsAppalachian StateL-210.5
Oct 18, 2025@Georgia SouthernL-17-9.4
Oct 23, 2025vsSouth AlabamaL-7-4.7
Nov 8, 2025@Coastal CarolinaL-13-5.8
Nov 15, 2025vsMarshallL-12-8.4
Nov 22, 2025@TroyL-12-14.8
Nov 29, 2025@Old DominionL-17-29.6
Sep 4, 2026vsNNorth Carolina A&TW49—
Sep 12, 2026@Kennesaw StateW14-2.9
Sep 19, 2026@UCFL-14-13.2
Sep 26, 2026vsNorthern IllinoisW2116.1
Oct 3, 2026vsOld DominionW328.5
Oct 17, 2026@James MadisonL-27-8.6
Oct 24, 2026@Arkansas StateL-6-0.7
Oct 31, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaL-117.8

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 3.1 in 2025, plus 3.7 in 2026 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 87% in 2025, 79% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Murray State, North Carolina A&T have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Cameran Brown nor without Cameran Brown: Cameran Brown had no game for the team that season, and sit out.